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Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.
For use almost can change the stamp of nature.
For use almost can change the stamp of nature.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
