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A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
