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Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
