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Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.