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Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.