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Living well is the best revenge.
Living well is the best revenge.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
