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Drought never brought dearth.
Drought never brought dearth.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.