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You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
None saies his Garner is full.
None saies his Garner is full.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
