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We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
