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Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
One foote is better then two crutches.
One foote is better then two crutches.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
