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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
He that endures is not overcome.
He that endures is not overcome.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
