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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
