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Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
