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Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
