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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
