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Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
