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Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
