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To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.