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A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.