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When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.
All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.
