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Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
