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One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]
One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
Talkers are no good doers.
Talkers are no good doers.
