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To review ones store is to mow twice.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
