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The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]