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A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
