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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
