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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
