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Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
