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Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.