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Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
