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Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
