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Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
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.
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.
