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Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
