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Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
Beauty drawes more then oxen.
Beauty drawes more then oxen.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
