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It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
