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Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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.]
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.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
