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Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
In spending lies the advantage.
In spending lies the advantage.
