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The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
Put your toong in your purse.
Put your toong in your purse.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
They succeed, because they think they can.
They succeed, because they think they can.
