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Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
