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Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
