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To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]
Falsehoods border on truths.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
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Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
To him that ever fears he shall be poor.
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more
There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.