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Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
