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It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
