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A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
The moon is made of a green cheese.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
