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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
