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Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
All the words are not enough to get anything said.
He who lives in despair / takes and gives in vain.
Love alone is never a good enough reason to marry.
Stain my eyes as I may, on all sides all is black.
No man is so poor as to have nothing worth giving.
Only the ideas that we really live have any value.
Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.
There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
It is sweet and honorable to die for your country.
Those who cross the sea, change sky, but not soul.
Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.
A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
He who feared that he would not succeed sat still.
We are just statistics, born to consume resources.
A chronicle is very different from history proper.
Imperfection is an end. Perfection is only an aim.
Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Planned obsolescence is another word for progress.
Did man e'er live Saw priest or woman yet forgive?
Who speaks the truth stabs falsehood to the heart.
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.
Between certainty and the real, an ancient enmity.
The soul's bliss and suffering are bound together.
Pleasure and satiety live next door to each other.
The only way to kill death is through photography.
There's no such thing as love; only proof of love.
Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.
He who is affected by an insult is infected by it.
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.