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Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Every man has his price.
Every man has his price.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
He that feares death lives not.
He that feares death lives not.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
