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He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
They have learnt life's lessons.
They have learnt life's lessons.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
