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Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Councell breakes not the head.
Councell breakes not the head.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
