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Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one read more
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one thing and think another!
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
