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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
Every mile is two in winter.
Every mile is two in winter.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
