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Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the
Altar.
Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the
Altar.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
