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The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
