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Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
Such crimes has superstition caused.
Such crimes has superstition caused.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
