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Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.
The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
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He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
