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Talkers are no good doers.
Talkers are no good doers.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Anothers bread costs deare.
Anothers bread costs deare.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
