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Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
 Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
 Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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 Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
 Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
  And trifles life. 
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
 Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and 
pounds will take care of themselves.  
 Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and 
pounds will take care of themselves. 
 Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
 But like a shadow, proves the substance true.  
 Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
 But like a shadow, proves the substance true. 
 For there's no motion
 That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
  It is the woman's read more 
 For there's no motion
 That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
  It is the woman's part. 
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
 Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
 Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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 Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
 Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
  And some condemned for a fault alone.