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Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.