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Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
That which sufficeth is not little.
That which sufficeth is not little.
One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
