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The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
