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What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
