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Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Great paines quickly find ease.
Great paines quickly find ease.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.