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Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.