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He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will
reap the advantage of it.
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will
reap the advantage of it.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to read more
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
