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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
 Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on 
what is obscure.  
 Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on 
what is obscure. 
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four 
which I know not:
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 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four 
which I know not:
 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; 
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man 
with a maid. 
 You must endure what is painful to secure that which is 
profitable.  
 You must endure what is painful to secure that which is 
profitable.