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The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
