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The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
