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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
Love makes a good eye squint.
Love makes a good eye squint.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
