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Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself read more
Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? read more
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? Much rather should he court the ray,
To hoard up warmth against a wintry day.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
