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We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
God made the country, and man made the town.
God made the country, and man made the town.
Good is god, but better carries it.
Good is god, but better carries it.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
