De plus qu’assez l’on peut à trop venir
Et puis ce trop a si grande puissance
Que bien tost fait un rien parvenir
Celluy qui n’a d’assez la suffisance
Mais si de peu (de bonheur) se contente
En detestant de trop l’avancement
Asseuré est par constance prudente
De retourner à son commencement
       De plus qu’assez.

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• by Hubert Naich (c1513 - c1546), "De moins que riens l’on peut à peu venir"
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