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Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.