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He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
