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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.