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Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's read more
For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's part.
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
