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Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.