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'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Anothers bread costs deare.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
