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It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.
When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.
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.
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
