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For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
