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Life ain't all beer and skittles.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
