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. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. read more
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
