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A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent
lamb should be made parchment? that read more
Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent
lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled
o'er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings, but I say 'tis
the bee's wax; for I did but seal once to a thing, and I was
never mind own man since.
It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.
[Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.]
It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.
[Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.]
What dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs,
What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things.
What dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs,
What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things.
Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a
fine one.
Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a
fine one.
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall read more
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it
yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
