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Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
None saies his Garner is full.
None saies his Garner is full.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]