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Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
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.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.