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The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
