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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
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He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
