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When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
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He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
He is most powerful who governs himself.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
