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He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has read more
The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has passed.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
