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Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
All soils are not fertile.
All soils are not fertile.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
