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Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.