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Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
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.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
