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Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.