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He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. read more
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
