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There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
