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Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one read more
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one thing and think another!
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
