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O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
