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Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
Seeing is different than being told.
Seeing is different than being told.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
