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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
As many men, so many opinions.
As many men, so many opinions.
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more
Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.