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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more
It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting read more
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.
