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An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
He can do most who has most power.
He can do most who has most power.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
