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Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
