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The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
