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The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts
not.
The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts
not.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
