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Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.
The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]