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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
Prevention is better than cure.
Prevention is better than cure.
All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.
All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.