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There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
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.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. read more
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
