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There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.

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Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.
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Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
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His time’s forever, everywhere his place.
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Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
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What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own?
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In fields d’or or d’argent; but, if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms.”
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It was not sleep that made him nod, he said, But too great weight and largeness of his head.
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Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.
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