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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
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.
