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No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
What's done cannot be undone.
What's done cannot be undone.
