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You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.
You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.
You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.