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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
