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Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
They have learnt life's lessons.
They have learnt life's lessons.
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.