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The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
You are judged of by what you possess.
You are judged of by what you possess.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
