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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
