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Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
That which sufficeth is not little.
That which sufficeth is not little.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]