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They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.