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Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
All is grist that comes to the mill.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
