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Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
A little and good fills the trencher.
A little and good fills the trencher.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
