Quote#Wisdom
Crush the serpent in the head, Break ill egs yer they be hatched.…
Quote byElizabeth Grimston
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Miscelanea. Meditations. Memoratives, Epistle.
English (original)
Crush the serpent in the head, Break ill egs yer they be hatched. Kill bad chickens in the tread, Fledge[d] they hardly can be catched. In the rising stifle ill, Lest it grow against thy will.
— Elizabeth Grimston
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