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Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.
I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
