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When you have set yourself a task finish it.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
