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Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.
As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome.
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.