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Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
