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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.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.