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Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.
He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.
