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You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
