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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
