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Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]
One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
