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He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Put your toong in your purse.
Put your toong in your purse.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.