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Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Ty it well, and let it goe.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in read more
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
