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Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
