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A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.
All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
