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In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.
You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.
When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.
When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
