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An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way read more
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is read more
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is bestial.
