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If you must flie, flie well.
If you must flie, flie well.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.