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Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.