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The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
