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Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.