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What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
