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Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
