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No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.