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With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
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There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.
