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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.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his read more
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his
paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury.
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
