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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
The love of money grows as money grows.
The love of money grows as money grows.
Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.