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Good is god, but better carries it.
Good is god, but better carries it.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
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To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
