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If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.
If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
