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A friend is a second self.
A friend is a second self.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
Content is more than a kingdom.
Content is more than a kingdom.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
