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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).
To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
