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Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
