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If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
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No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
You shall never want rope enough.
You shall never want rope enough.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
