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There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.