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A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
