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Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.