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He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
