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Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
offence.
Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
offence.