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An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.