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It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
Prevention is better than cure.
Prevention is better than cure.
