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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
