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Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
