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Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, read more
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to
the thieves.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
