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Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.
Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.