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With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.