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Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.
You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
