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It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
Success brings many to ruin.
Success brings many to ruin.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
