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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
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He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
