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Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
