He that is down can fall no lower.
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BUTLER: _Hudibras,_ Pt. i., Canto iii., Line 877.

For of fortunes sharpe adversite,
The worst kind of infortune is this,--
A man that hath been is prosperite,
And it remember whan it passed is.
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CHAUCER: _Troilus and Creseide,_ Bk. iii., Line 1625.


=Advice.=

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
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SHAKS.: _Hamlet,_ Act i., Sc. 3.

Know when to speak--for many times it brings
Danger, to give the best advice to kings.
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HERRICK: _Aph. Caution in Council._

The worst men often give the best advice.
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BAILEY _Festus,_ Sc. _A Village Feast._

'Twas good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.
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