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A bitter drug oft brings relief.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
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Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
To him that ever fears he shall be poor.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
