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Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,
nor wise at 50, read more
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,
nor wise at 50, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
