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Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
