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The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
What mare's nest hast thou found?
What mare's nest hast thou found?
