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To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
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Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
