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Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
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.
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
Bear with evil, and expect good.
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,
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He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,
nor wise at 50, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
