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Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
