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The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
It is a sheep of Beery, it is marked on the nose (applyed to
those that have a blow).
It is a sheep of Beery, it is marked on the nose (applyed to
those that have a blow).
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
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To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.