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Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
