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A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
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).
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
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.]
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
