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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Go West, young man! Go West.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
