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Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.