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Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no evil without its compensation.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
