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Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
He that riseth first, is first drest.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
