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When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to read more
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
