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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so can good men be known by their enemies.
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so can good men be known by their enemies.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
