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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
