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The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
