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If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
