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Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Better be a foole then a knave.
Better be a foole then a knave.
There are many waies to fame.
There are many waies to fame.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.