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To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
The deafe gaines the injury.
The deafe gaines the injury.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
