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The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies
nothing, for ever.
From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies
nothing, for ever.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
A woman's general. What should we fear?
A woman's general. What should we fear?
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
