Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Of an unbounded stomach.

King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues

We write in water.[100:1]

King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.

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He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one;

Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading;

Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,

But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.