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O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is read more
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is bestial.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
