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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
The love of money grows as money grows.
The love of money grows as money grows.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
