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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
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It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
