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Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.