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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
