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Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.