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God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
