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Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.