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The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Just taking it one day at a time.
Just taking it one day at a time.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
