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'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
