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The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country.
