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United we stand, divided we fall.
United we stand, divided we fall.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.