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There was not a greater gourmand living.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.