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A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.