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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Let each man have according to his deserts.
Let each man have according to his deserts.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
I saw young Harry with his visor up.
I saw young Harry with his visor up.