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The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
