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Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
