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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.