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No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.
Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.
The eye will have his part.
The eye will have his part.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
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Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
