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A naughty child is better sick then whole.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
