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A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
