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In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
