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Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.