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Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious read more
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
