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... things we must profess , Which nature fram'd for need , not for excess . Browne , Past . Against diseases here the strongest fence Is the defensive virtue abstinence . Herrick , Aph . 331 . ABUNDANCE - ACTION . 3 ABUNDANCE . Thick as ...
... things we must profess , Which nature fram'd for need , not for excess . Browne , Past . Against diseases here the strongest fence Is the defensive virtue abstinence . Herrick , Aph . 331 . ABUNDANCE - ACTION . 3 ABUNDANCE . Thick as ...
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... things thro ' greatest hazards are achiev'd , And then they shine . ACTION- [ —see Promptitude . Beaumont , Loy . Sub . Away , then ; work with boldness and with speed ; On greatest actions greatest dangers feed . Marlowe , Lust . D ...
... things thro ' greatest hazards are achiev'd , And then they shine . ACTION- [ —see Promptitude . Beaumont , Loy . Sub . Away , then ; work with boldness and with speed ; On greatest actions greatest dangers feed . Marlowe , Lust . D ...
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... things below . I am not now in fortune's power : He that is down , can fall no lower . Who has not known ill fortune , never knew Himself , or his own virtue . Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue ; Where patience , honour , sweet ...
... things below . I am not now in fortune's power : He that is down , can fall no lower . Who has not known ill fortune , never knew Himself , or his own virtue . Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue ; Where patience , honour , sweet ...
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... things go ill , each fool presumes to advise , And if more happy , thinks himself more wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state , And that advice seems best which comes too late . Learn to dissemble wrongs , to smile at injuries ...
... things go ill , each fool presumes to advise , And if more happy , thinks himself more wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state , And that advice seems best which comes too late . Learn to dissemble wrongs , to smile at injuries ...
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... things seem right no matter what they are . By outward show let's not be cheated ; An ass should like an ass be treated . " T is not the fairest form that holds The mildest , purest soul within ; ' T is not the richest plant that folds ...
... things seem right no matter what they are . By outward show let's not be cheated ; An ass should like an ass be treated . " T is not the fairest form that holds The mildest , purest soul within ; ' T is not the richest plant that folds ...
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