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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,
nor wise at 50, read more
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,
nor wise at 50, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
