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He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
