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Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
