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What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
