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Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
United we stand, divided we fall.
United we stand, divided we fall.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.
Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.
