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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.