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Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
