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The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary.
The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary.
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
