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Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
And bid the devil take the hin'most.
And bid the devil take the hin'most.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
