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One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]
One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better than one.
