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The way is an ill neighbour.
The way is an ill neighbour.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.