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To a child all weather is cold.
To a child all weather is cold.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
