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Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart read more
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more
Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.