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To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
