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All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
