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Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most read more
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
