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When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?