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Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot his bow,
And many talk of Little John that never did read more
Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot his bow,
And many talk of Little John that never did him know.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
For a morning raine leave not your journey.
For a morning raine leave not your journey.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.