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He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
