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To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
