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No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
