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Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The absent partie is still faultie.
The absent partie is still faultie.
Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
