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Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.