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The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
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.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
In every country dogges bite.
In every country dogges bite.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
