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If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his read more
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his
paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
