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Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the read more
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the passing year.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
