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No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
