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Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those read more
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and
heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar
off.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
