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For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.