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Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
