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Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred read more
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
themselves through with many sorrows.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.