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Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
But few prize honour more than money.
But few prize honour more than money.
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.