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Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Of a little thing a little displeaseth.
Of a little thing a little displeaseth.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, read more
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to
the thieves.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
