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Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.
