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Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
