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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
A man of three letters, " F U R."
A man of three letters, " F U R."
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
