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Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
