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He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
A woman's general. What should we fear?
A woman's general. What should we fear?
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
