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As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his
physician his heir.
Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his
physician his heir.