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It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
