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A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
The deafe gaines the injury.
The deafe gaines the injury.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
