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Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
