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Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
