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For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.