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If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
 The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not 
ripe.  
 The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not 
ripe. 
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
 That eagle's fate and mine are one,
 Which, on the shaft that made him die,
  Espied a read more 
 That eagle's fate and mine are one,
 Which, on the shaft that made him die,
  Espied a feather of his own,
   Wherewith he wont to soar so high. 
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
 I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife 
that shall be read more 
 I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife 
that shall be my master.]