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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
