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The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
