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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.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.