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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Thinke of ease, but worke on.
Thinke of ease, but worke on.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is read more
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is he."
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.