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An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power.