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In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense,
to leave it to boys to enjoy read more
In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense,
to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
