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Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Let each man have according to his deserts.
Let each man have according to his deserts.
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
The day is short, the work is much.
The day is short, the work is much.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.