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Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
Every animal loves itself.
Every animal loves itself.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
