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Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
