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Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
