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A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart
of fools is in the read more
The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart
of fools is in the house of mirth.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
