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If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.
If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
