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A faire death honours the whole life.
A faire death honours the whole life.
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
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Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.