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Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the read more
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the passing year.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
