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Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
Divine grace was never slow.
Divine grace was never slow.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.