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Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
