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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
God provides for him that trusteth.
God provides for him that trusteth.
I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.
I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
