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It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.
Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
