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Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
