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Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
Folly growes without watering.
Folly growes without watering.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
