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Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
But shepherds know
How hot the mid-day sun shall glow
From the mist of morning sky.
But shepherds know
How hot the mid-day sun shall glow
From the mist of morning sky.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
