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Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
