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Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
