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Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.