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Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
