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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most read more
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
