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A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
True praise rootes and spreedes.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
