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'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of read more
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower,
safety.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
