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A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
What's done cannot be undone.
What's done cannot be undone.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
