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God oft hath a great share in a little house.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy
those who are well to do.
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
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Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
