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Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
The House shewes the owner.
The House shewes the owner.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
