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But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
All soils are not fertile.
All soils are not fertile.
