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In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
