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Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
