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Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.