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They have learnt life's lessons.
They have learnt life's lessons.
In every country dogges bite.
In every country dogges bite.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void
of knowledge, or of the fear of read more
The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void
of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
