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Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.