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Love makes one fitt for any work.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
