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But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.
Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
