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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
 Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
 Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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 Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
 Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
  And some condemned for a fault alone. 
 It is but a poor establishment where there are not many 
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, read more 
 It is but a poor establishment where there are not many 
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to 
the thieves. 
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.