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To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
A little labour, much health.
A little labour, much health.
Hit the nail on the head.
Hit the nail on the head.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.