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Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
