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There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.