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A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
The best mirrour is an old friend.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
There is no retracing our steps.
There is no retracing our steps.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.