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There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
