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Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
