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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.]
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
