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The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
