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As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.
The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
Put your toong in your purse.
Put your toong in your purse.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
