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Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
