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A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the
Altar.
Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the
Altar.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
