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The first and last frosts are the worst.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
