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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
In time comes he whom God sends.
In time comes he whom God sends.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
