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That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
