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There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
In a good house all is quickly ready.
In a good house all is quickly ready.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
