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Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
