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Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.