When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall, then winter is at hand;
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When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall, then winter is at hand;
When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
Untimely storms makes men expect a dearth.

A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.

A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.

Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.

Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.

Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.

The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.

The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.

He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own
conduct.

He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own
conduct.

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
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As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.

Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
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Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
And individual freedom mute,
. . . .
Then waft me from the harbour's mouth,
Wild wind, I seek a warmer sky.