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A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
