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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.