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The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
He that marries late, marries ill.
He that marries late, marries ill.