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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
Councell breakes not the head.
Councell breakes not the head.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.