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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The shadow of a mighty name.
The shadow of a mighty name.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Check disease in its approach.
Check disease in its approach.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's read more
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
