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On a good bargaine thinke twice.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
 Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest 
elevation by way of a joke.  
 Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest 
elevation by way of a joke. 
 Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, 
the good in learning.  
 Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, 
the good in learning. 
A novice always behaves with propriety.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.