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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
