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Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.