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He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
 Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: 
when out of place they are offensive.  
 Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: 
when out of place they are offensive. 
 Famed
 For every branch of every science known.  
 Famed
 For every branch of every science known. 
 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone 
his way, then he boasteth.  
 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone 
his way, then he boasteth. 
 Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your 
wild oats.  
 Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your 
wild oats. 
 Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest 
elevation by way of a joke.  
 Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest 
elevation by way of a joke. 
 The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his 
sleeve.
 [The Friar preached against stealing, and read more 
 The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his 
sleeve.
 [The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his 
sleeve.] 
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.