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Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
