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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
