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Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is read more
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is bestial.
Live according to your income.
Live according to your income.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
