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A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
He that riseth first, is first drest.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
