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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
