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Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
