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What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
