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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
