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Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
