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Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
Beauty drawes more then oxen.
Beauty drawes more then oxen.
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
