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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
