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Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
