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He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
