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A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
He that hath the spice, may season as he list.
He that hath the spice, may season as he list.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
