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He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
