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When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
