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Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
