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Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Aske much to have a little.
Aske much to have a little.
 Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
 Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.  
 Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
 Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times. 
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
 If the first of July be rainy weather,
 It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.  
 If the first of July be rainy weather,
 It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.