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We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.
Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the
matter.
Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the
matter.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.