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Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
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.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]