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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,
nor wise at 50, read more
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,
nor wise at 50, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
