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No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
