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The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).