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A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
