Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.

Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.

Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.

A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.

A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.

Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.

Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.

Idle people have the least leisure.

Idle people have the least leisure.

Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.

Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.