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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most
powerful are broken down by discord.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
Evening words are not like to morning.
Evening words are not like to morning.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
