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In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.
Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Good is god, but better carries it.
Good is god, but better carries it.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.