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Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in read more
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
