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None but the brave deserve the fair.
None but the brave deserve the fair.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
