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Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
