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I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
God made the country, and man made the town.
God made the country, and man made the town.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.