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The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.