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Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
My poverty, but not my will consents.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
You are judged of by what you possess.
You are judged of by what you possess.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.