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Charity sees the need not the cause.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
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When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.