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Love is not found in the market.
Love is not found in the market.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]