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It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form read more
Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every
Englishman's education.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
