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Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.
If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.
Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
