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So little in his purse, so much upon his back.
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Lo, all princes and monarchs dance with us in the same ring.
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Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.
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The blood that is once inflamed with wine is apt to boil with rage.
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He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.
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Our good purposes foreslowed are become our tormentors upon our deathbed.
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A legal thief, a bloodless murderer,
A fiend incarnate, a false usurer.
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Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.
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I first adventure, follow me who list
And be the second English satirist.
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Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.
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For whom he means to make an often guest, One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.
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We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.
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Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.
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The proud man hath no God; the envious
man hath no neighbor; the angry man
hath not himself.
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Even the best things ill used become evils; and, contrarily, the worst things used well prove good.
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What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!
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If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.
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And, if I were so low that I accounted myself the worst of all, yet some would account themselves in worse case.
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How endless is that volume which God hath written of the world! Every creature is a letter, every day a new page.
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Virtues go ever in troops; they go so thick, that sometimes some are hid in the crowd; which yet are, but appear not.
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Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees I can bear no more.
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Earthly greatness is a nice thing, and requires so much chariness in the managing, as the contentment of it cannot requite.
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Not only commission makes a sin. A man is guilty of all those sins he hateth not. If I cannot avoid all, yet I will hate all.
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He is wealthy enough, that wanteth not: he is great enough, that is his own master: he is happy enough, that lives to die well.
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Mark in what order: first, our calling; then, our election; not beginning with our election first. By our calling, arguing our election.
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Eroticism is assenting to life even in death.
Georges Bataille
Joseph Hall
Born:
July 1, 1574
Died:
September 8, 1656
(aged 82)
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