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Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
What's the use to read more
Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
What's the use to anticipate sorrow?
Life's troubles come never too late.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
