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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
