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When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
