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No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
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Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
