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Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
