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Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
