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No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
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.
