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How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
