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There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil read more
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil in.
