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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Modesty should accompany youth.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
