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To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
