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It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
