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There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!