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The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
