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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
Health without money is halfe an ague.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our read more
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
