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Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.