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That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
