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A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
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He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
