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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
