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But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
