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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is read more
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is he."
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
