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All that glisters is not gold.
All that glisters is not gold.
Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It's like read more
Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It's like a conspiracy.
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.
Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no
knight.
Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no
knight.
Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage read more
Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership.
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - read more
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.
Hyt is not al golde that glareth.
Hyt is not al golde that glareth.
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.