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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
If you can't beat them, join them.
If you can't beat them, join them.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.
Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
