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Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.