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He can do most who has most power.
He can do most who has most power.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
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.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
