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Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
