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Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.
Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
