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Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.
The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
