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Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.