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Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
