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The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]