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Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
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Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.
Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.