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There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no evil without its compensation.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
