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No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he
lacks opportunity.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he
lacks opportunity.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
