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Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
