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Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will
reap the advantage of it.
In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will
reap the advantage of it.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
