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When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
