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Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as
possible.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
