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Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
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.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
