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It's good tying the sack before it be full.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
