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Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
