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He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
