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Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Too much taking heede is losse.
Too much taking heede is losse.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
