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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
The silver livery of advised age.
The silver livery of advised age.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.