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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
 Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the 
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his read more 
 Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the 
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his 
paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury. 
Of a little thing a little displeaseth.
Of a little thing a little displeaseth.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
 It is engendered in the eyes;
 By gazing fed; and fancy dies
  In the cradle where it read more 
 It is engendered in the eyes;
 By gazing fed; and fancy dies
  In the cradle where it lies. 
 I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that 
throwes me.  
 I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that 
throwes me. 
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
 Famed
 For every branch of every science known.  
 Famed
 For every branch of every science known. 
 My sister and my sister's child,
 Myself and children three,
  Will fill the chaise: so you must read more 
 My sister and my sister's child,
 Myself and children three,
  Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
   On horseback after me.