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It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
