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Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no evil without its compensation.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
United we stand, divided we fall.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]