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The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to read more
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
