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Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
