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A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
God helps those who help themselves.
God helps those who help themselves.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to read more
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.
