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A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better than one.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.