Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast. - Francis Quarles

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I think that probably in some areas the Labour message about some of the things that they said we were going to do - and which we weren't going to do - cut through.

Francis Quarles

Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.

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I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.

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Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys.

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Heav'n is not always got by running.

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Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret.

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Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.

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