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It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
