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In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his read more
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his
paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
