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Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
