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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
