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A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's read more
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
