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An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
