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The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
