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To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.