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A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.