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With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
I'll have a fling.
I'll have a fling.
