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Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our
regard for the donor.
Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our
regard for the donor.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.