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To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
