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An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.
Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]