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If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
That which two will, takes effect.
That which two will, takes effect.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
[Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser read more
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.
[Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa pensee.]
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
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Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
