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It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
As many men, so many opinions.
As many men, so many opinions.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
