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Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
