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Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
