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Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
