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Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
