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Every man has his price.
Every man has his price.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
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.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
