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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
