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Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form read more
Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every
Englishman's education.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.