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Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
