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A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
