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Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Never less alone, than when alone.
Never less alone, than when alone.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
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 hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.