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Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on
every thing.
Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on
every thing.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
[In every country the sun rises in the morning.]
In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
[In every country the sun rises in the morning.]
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
