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I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
All soils are not fertile.
All soils are not fertile.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
