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Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
