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It's good tying the sack before it be full.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
A trade is better then service.
A trade is better then service.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
