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Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow read more
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
