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Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
