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'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
