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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
The best bred have the best portion.
The best bred have the best portion.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Give me the ocular proof.
Give me the ocular proof.
