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The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
