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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.