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'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
Service without reward is punishment.
Service without reward is punishment.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
