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It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
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When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
