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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
