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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
Prevention is better than cure.
Prevention is better than cure.
