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To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
 He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee 
hath laid out.  
 He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee 
hath laid out. 
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.
Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.