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Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has
learnt.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.