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Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.
One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
