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For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
