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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
