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None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
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Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
What's the use to anticipate sorrow?
Life's troubles come never too late.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
