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Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
