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If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the read more
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the fashions of the world you
will never be rich.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
