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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
