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A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
We are fooles one to another.
We are fooles one to another.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
