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What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]
