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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.