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Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
