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Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
The body is more drest then the soule.
The body is more drest then the soule.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
