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By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary.
The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary.