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To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.