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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
