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Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
The deafe gaines the injury.
The deafe gaines the injury.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
The way of transgressors is hard.
The way of transgressors is hard.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
