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What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on
every thing.
Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on
every thing.
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, read more
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than
lightning.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
