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Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to
venture to instruct, even our friends.
It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to
venture to instruct, even our friends.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
