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Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
My poverty, but not my will consents.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
