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None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
