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Let your loins be girded about, and your light burning;
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for read more
Let your loins be girded about, and your light burning;
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he
will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh,
they may open unto him immediately.
Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
The first years of man must make provision for the last.
The first years of man must make provision for the last.
Look before you ere you leap.
Look before you ere you leap.
One can't get diseases
of Mad Chicken or Mad Pig
by eating tomatoes or
almonds or figs.
One can't get diseases
of Mad Chicken or Mad Pig
by eating tomatoes or
almonds or figs.
Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.
Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.
Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and
both cracked.
Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and
both cracked.
He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds
his feet uncovered.
[Ger., Wer sich nicht read more
He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds
his feet uncovered.
[Ger., Wer sich nicht nach der Decke streckt,
Dem bleiben die Fusse unbedeckt.]
