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Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
