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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
