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Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.
As many men, so many opinions.
As many men, so many opinions.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
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It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
