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Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Providence is better then a rent.
Providence is better then a rent.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
They will swear black is white.
They will swear black is white.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
