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Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
