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Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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.]
