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The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
