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I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
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It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.
Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.