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Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
