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Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
Pension never inriched young man.
Pension never inriched young man.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
