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Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Parsons are soules waggoners.
Parsons are soules waggoners.
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
Every bullet has its billet.
Every bullet has its billet.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.