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Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at read more
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
