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What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
There is no retracing our steps.
There is no retracing our steps.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
