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A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
Waight and measure take away strife.
Waight and measure take away strife.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
