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Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
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 worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
