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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint read more
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
