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It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
