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If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
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.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
