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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
