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Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
He that marries late, marries ill.
He that marries late, marries ill.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
