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Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
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At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.