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Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not read more
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
