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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.