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What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He says anything that first comes into his mouth.
He says anything that first comes into his mouth.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
