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He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.