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Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
