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Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.