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I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
Could penetrate read more
But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
Could penetrate her uncompassionate sire.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.