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At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.