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An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.
The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
