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The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to read more
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
