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There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
