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Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
